Dry hot-bath system.



J. O. DANIELS.

DRY HOT BATH SYSTEM.

APPLICATION FILED FEB-10' 1917.

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DRY HOT BATH SYSTEM.

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JAMES O. DANIELS, OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

DRY HOT-BATH SYSTEM.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 26 191 7 Application filed February 10, 1917. Serial No. 1 17,9205

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES O. DANIELS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of WVyandotte and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dry Hot- Bath Systems, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to heat bath apparatus and seeks to provide a simple and effective form of heat bath apparatus which will produce and maintain pure dry hot air for the treatment of persons to remove impurities and disease from the body.

It is essential that the person lay in an approximately horizontal position .so that the heat may be evenly distributed over the body, and that a sufficient drainage system be provided below the body to remove the perspiration from the chamber so that the air where the body lies may be constantly maintained dry. For this reason heat bath apparatus must be so arranged that the air in the bath chamber will be dry at all times.

The present invention seeks to provide an improved heat bath apparatus which contains upon a frame a closed removable hood, a removable stretcher bed, together with a burner and fuel supply to heat air, a circulating p'pe to maintain an even temperature above the bed, a drainage table to collect moisture and impurities, a drainage pipe to remove the moisture from the drainage table, and a pipe arranged to pass the lower strata of warm air from the interior of the cabinet over the burner to remove the impurities and moisture therefrom and cause the air to constantly circulate through the cabinet and A further object of the invention is to provide regulation for the admission of fresh air and a valve to regulate the draft of air that is readmitted over the burner to the chamber occupied by the patient.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the features of con struction combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter set forth, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and more particularly pointed out in the claims appended.

In the drawings Figure'l is a side VlGWll'l elevation of the improved heat bath apparatus,

Fig. 2 is a view in vertical longitudinal section taken on line a-a' of Fig. 6 looking 1n the direction of arrowI.

Fig. 3 is a side view in elevation of the lnclosing hood in raised position and a fragment of the frame of the apparatus.

Fig. I is a plan view of the frame portion with the hood, bed and certain parts removed.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the pipe on line 72-?) of Fig. 2 looking in the direction of arrow II and a fragment of the frame of the device.

Fig. 6 is a view in vertical cross section of the device taken on line c-c of Fig. 2 looking in the direction of arrow III.

Fig. 7 is an end elevation of the device with the supporting legs omitted.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged sectional fragment, the view being the same as that represented in Fig. 2.

Fig. 9 is an enlarged fragment, the view Fig. 13 is an enlarged sectional fragmentary view of the device taken on line e-@ of Fig. 2 looking in the direction of arrow V.

Fig. 14 is an enlarged sectional fragmentary view of a portion of Fig. 6, the view being taken on line c-c of Fig. 2 looking in the direction of arrow VI.

The frame comprises longitudinal members 1, 2 and 3 and cross members 1, 5, 6, 7 and 8 preferably of wood glued or otherwise secured together, lined with the heat insulating and moisture proof drainage table 9 preferably of pulp wood or marble and sides 10 and ends 11, 12 preferably of copper.

Around the outer sides and ends of the frame and lapping over the top and bottom edges are the leather strips 13 and 14 as a protection and finish.

' To cross pieces 5 and 6 are secured supporting legs 15 fitted with casters 16 and braced with braces 17 Upon the drainage table 9 rests the removable stretcher bed 18 provided with mattress 19 covered. with leather 20 which in turn is covered with sanitary rubber 21 on which rests the pillow 22 thusproviding a comfortable and sanitary place for the patient to repose while under treatment.

The bed 18 is provided with metal plate 23 to protect it from heat and supports 24 and 25 to elevate the bottom of the bed above the drainage table 9.

The bed 18 may be lifted from the drainage table 9 and carried to any convenient place where the patient may repose upon it and the bed containing the patient carried to the device and placed as shown in Fig. 2.

Hood 26 is lifted to the position illustrated in Fig. 3 when the bed containing the patient is being placed in or removed from the position represented in Fig. 2, but when the bed 18 containing the patient is placed on the drainage table the hood is closed as shown in Fig. 1.

Hood 26 is provided with hinges 27, is closely fitted to the-drainage table 9 when closed and rests on stand 28 when open, the

end nearest to the pillow 12 being closed by sheet 29, which is drawn tight to the hood by cord 30 and arranged to fit tightly around the patients neck and close to the pillow to completely close the hood above the bed.

It will be noticed that supports 24 and 25 hold the bottom of bed 18 some distance above the drainage table 9, supports 24 being longer than supports 25, thus serving the purpose of elevating the head of the patient which rests on pillow 22, forming an opening under the bed for the escapement of a portion of the air within said cabinet, and allowing a larger volume of fresh air to enter in other openings hereinafter described.

From cross members 7, 8 extend downward and then outward, angle irons 31 from which depends the air heating chamber 32 provided with division wall 33, burners 34 and air supply regulator 35, the burners being supplied with fuel through pipe '36, and valve 37 from fuel tank 38.

Resting by gravity on chamber 82 is pipe 39, enlarged at the lower end 40, provided with handle 41, air inlets 42 adapted to be controlled by valves 43, and the end 44 fitting in elbow 45.

Pipe 39 is lifted from position illustrated in Fig. 2 by handle 41 when it is desired to open the hood 26, the elbow 45 is secured in any convenient manner to hood 2'6 and litting over the upper end thereof is pipe 46 provided with openings 47, deflectors 48 and deflector 49.

Thimble 50' preferably of copper is flanged under the member 3 and over the drainage table 9 and is of sufiicient thickness to prevent liquid upon said drainage table from entering the detachable pipe 51. The pipe is held in position with turn but tons '52, the opposite end entering thimble 53 of the chamber 32 and communicating therewith, the circulation being controlled by valve 54.

The drainage pipe 55 is provided to drain oif any perspiration that may collect on the drainage table 9 and also as a drainage for waste when the drainage table is washed for sanitary purposes.

It will be understood that the burner 34 will supply a flame that will enter and fill the end 40 of pipe 39 and heat the air con tai-ned therein, expanding and decreasing the gravity thereof so that it will rise and issue from the pipe 46, and create a suction in the pipe 51.

Air necessary for combustion may be admitted through regulator 35 and a quantity of fresh air if desired may be admitted past valves 43 through openings 42, the deflector 49 will direct the heated air toward the opposite end of the hood 26 and a con-- tinuous circulation and equalization of heated air will be established through openlugs 47, the deflectors 48 gathering the cooling air at their respective level.

It is obvious that practically an even temperature-may be maintained above the bed whichis very desirable.

The air will settle by gravity below the bed from where the lower strata of air will be drawn through pipe 51 by suction created by the hot flame from the burners, pass through the flame and return to the cabinet, the draft of air admitted over the burner being regulated by valve :54.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that a dry air of a temperature desired may be maintained above the bed 18, fresh air may be admitted as desired through openings 42 regulated by valves 43, and a portion I of the air may escape through the space between the drainage table 19 and bed 18, or it may be returned to the burner and dried.

The heat bath apparatus is of chief importance for the treatment of disease wherein an increased circulation and the throwing off of the impurities through the skin is indicated as treatment, but may also be used to remove the effects of alcohol and the like.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In dry heat bath apparatus, a drainage table, means to drain liquid from said drainage table, a hood arranged to cover the major portion thereof, a bed adapted to rest on said drainage table beneath said hood, a pipe, said pipe leading downward from said drainage table and to one end thereof, said pipe leading fro-1n said end of said drainage table upward and into said hood, and a burner arranged in said upward portion of said pipe adapted to fill said pipe with a flame whereby air may be drawn from within said hood throu h the flame of said burner and rise in-to said hood.

2. In dry heat bath apparatus, an inclosure, a bed mounted within said inclosure, a pipe leading from the bottom of said in closure to one end thereof, said pipe ex tending upward and leading into one side of said inclosure, a burner mounted in the upward portion of said pipe and said pipe arranged whereby the draft of air produced by said flame may beregulated.

3. In dry heat bath apparatus, a drainage table, means to drain liquid from said drainage table, a hood arranged to cover the major portion thereof, a bed adapted to rest on said drainage table beneath said copies of this patent may be obtained for hood, said bed arranged whereby a partial l5 inclosure may be formed between said bed and said drainage table, an opening formed at one end of said partial inclosure, a pipe leading downward from said drainage table and to one end thereof said pipe extending 20 upward and connecting to said hood, a burner mounted in said upward portion of said pipe whereby a flame from said burner will draw air from within said hood and said opening through said pipe and cause 25 it to rise into said hood.

JAMES O. DANIELS.

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